Example sentences of "went on [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result they went on to argue for sole custody in step-parent situations on the assumption of children having one ‘ psychological parent ’ with whom they maintain a continuous relationship and bond . |
| 2 | If the weather went on deteriorating at this rate there 'd be plenty of the latter around Gullholm . |
| 3 | I looked up the subject , Justice , in the new dictionary , and it said , To Treat Justly , or to Treat Fairly , and then it went on to talk about legal justice . |
| 4 | It went on to prognosticate with some insight but little charity about his political future . |
| 5 | For to the very last absurd minute , the combatants went on shooting at each other , as if they could not resist one last battle , as if the front line and the war had become inseparable from their own lives . |
| 6 | Nevertheless the court went on to discuss in some detail what the position would have been if the appeal could properly have been entertained , expressing the opinion that ( i ) ( Silke V.-P. differing ) there was no ground to intervene in the Barclays ( Asia ) case ; and ( ii ) ( all members of the court concurring ) there was no ground to intervene as regards the order in which the cases should be decided . |
| 7 | She went on talking about roast beef . |